[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10786]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
Evaluation of the Methadone/LAAM Treatment Program Accreditation
Project--New--SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), in
conjunction with other Federal Agencies, is involved in planning and
developing accreditation processes for methadone/LAAM treatment
programs (MTPs). This project will evaluate the process, costs, and
administrative and clinical impacts of the accreditation process, and
will estimate the costs of national implementation of an accreditation
system. In collaboration with accreditation and technical assistance
contractors, evaluation activities will be conducted at a sample of
treatment sites, with a control group of treatment sites. Measures will
include program structure and operation, costs, clinical practice,
staff appraisal, patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. The
estimated annualized burden for the three-year data collection period
is summarized below.
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden per Total burden Annualized
Instrument respondents per response hours burden hours
respondent (hours)
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Site Survey................................. 180 2 1.5 540 180
Cost Survey \1\............................. (180) 2 3.5 1,260 420
Activity Log \1\............................ (135) 13 0.5 877.5 292.5
Treatment Staff Questionnaires.............. 1,800 2 0.33 1,188 399
Treatment Staff \2\ (Focus Groups).......... (1,080) 1 1.5 1,620 540
Patient Questionnaire....................... 14,400 1 0.25 3,600 1,200
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Total................................. 16,380 ........... ............ 9,085.5 3,031.5
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\1\ Site level response by participating sites.
\2\ Focus group respondents are a subset of the treatment staff.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.
20503.
Dated: April 16, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-10786 Filed 4-22-98; 8:45 am]
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